Sold to me as L. parahybana
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Sold to me as L. parahybana

This T was sold to me as a L parahybana and it grows and eats like one, but it seems to have the coloration of a B. smithi.
yes..it's b.smithi..
wow it's very shocking that the previous owner or your local petstore sold it as L parahybana .
 
Koh_ said:
yes..it's b.smithi..
wow it's very shocking that the previous owner or your local petstore sold it as L parahybana .
I got it about a year ago at a half inch from northwest inverts, I believe. it is now about 3 to 3.5 inches. Dean is a great guy. I got 2 more B. smithi at the same time and the one that was supposed to be a L. parahybana was to small to have it's adult coloration, so it was an honest mistake. Honestly though I'm not complaining. I'd rather have a B. smithi anyways. Can't beat a B. smithi for the price of a L. parahybana!
 
A Brachy grew 3" in a year? How did that happen?

frtysxan2 said:
Koh_ said:
yes..it's b.smithi..
wow it's very shocking that the previous owner or your local petstore sold it as L parahybana .
I got it about a year ago at a half inch from northwest inverts, I believe. it is now about 3 to 3.5 inches. Dean is a great guy. I got 2 more B. smithi at the same time and the one that was supposed to be a L. parahybana was to small to have it's adult coloration, so it was an honest mistake. Honestly though I'm not complaining. I'd rather have a B. smithi anyways. Can't beat a B. smithi for the price of a L. parahybana!
 
snakecollector said:
A Brachy grew 3" in a year? How did that happen?

....if you keep it warm enough and feed often. By now I sound like a skipping record but my male boehmei is close to 5" after being a small 1.5-.75 at Nov. 6th last year. Check out "Terry D's photo thread". The latest pic of the largest of the 2 boehmei, #2, was taken on April 16th 2010. It molted again 5-09-10. Who dat says Brachy can't grow fast!?


frtysxan2 said:
Koh_ said:
yes..it's b.smithi..
wow it's very shocking that the previous owner or your local petstore sold it as L parahybana .
I got it about a year ago at a half inch from northwest inverts, I believe. it is now about 3 to 3.5 inches. Dean is a great guy. I got 2 more B. smithi at the same time and the one that was supposed to be a L. parahybana was to small to have it's adult coloration, so it was an honest mistake. Honestly though I'm not complaining. I'd rather have a B. smithi anyways. Can't beat a B. smithi for the price of a L. parahybana!
 
frtysxan2 (hope I got that right),

Lucky and nice find. Well-marked indiv. of the sp to boot! Inadvertently left this out of my initial reply!

Terry

48, huh?
 

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